The red grape variety is an interspecific new variety between Seyanets Malengra x Amurensis. Snonyms are Severnii, Severnyi and Severnyi Muskat 7 and Siewiernyj. It contains genes from Vitis amurensis and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in 1936 by grower Ya. I. Potapenko and E. Zakharova in Rostov (Russia). The same parents also produced the varieties Mitschurinski and Zarya Severa.

Due to its good characteristics, the variety was a crossing partner for many new varieties. These included Cabernet Severny, Fioletovy Ranny, Golubok, Muskat Donskoi, Negritienok, Ovidiopolsky, Saperavi Severny, Severny Bely, Severny Gyulyabi, Tsvetochny (Blossom Muscat) and Vidvizhenets.
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